Meadows indicated Thursday that he is tabling efforts to impeach Rosenstein and will instead pursue charges of contempt of Congress for the senior Justice Department official unless the DOJ turns over documents that congressional committees are seeking.

“For example, John Ratcliffe is the only member of Congress that has any experience with the FISA warrant, so I yield to their expertise but I don't want to do anything premature,” Walker said, adding that the more than monthlong August recess will be key to get the remaining documents.

"I think we've got about 85 percent of them,” Walker said, emphasizing that “if the president wants to declassify these documents, he can.”